The Ice River

1789. Neighbors respect Martha Ballard, a midwife from the small town of Hallowell in Maine, not only for her medical knowledge and strong character but also for her ability to keep secrets, so necessary in the strict Puritan society. Therefore,... when a man's body is found under the ice of the river in the height of winter, Martha is the first to be called to examine the body. The deceased is Joshua Burgess, who, along with the town judge Joseph North, was recently accused of raping the preacher's wife Rebecca Foster. Martha, who cared for the victim, is both a witness and a confidante of Rebecca, and she suspects that the demise of the rapist is not accidental and that there is something more behind it…